Effect of Annealing Temperature on CuInSe2/ZnS Thin-Film Solar Cells Fabricated by Using Electron Beam Evaporation by H. Abdullah, S. Habibi

“…FESEM images show the homogeneity of the CuInSe2 formed. I-V measurements indicated that higher annealing temperatures increase the efficiency of CuInSe2 solar cells from approximately 0.99% for the as-deposited films to 1.12% for the annealed films. …”
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Towards fifth generation universities of medical sciences by Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Parvaneh Isfahani

“…Dear Editor, The university is the driving force of science, research and technology and plays a key role in the political, economic, social, cultural and technological development of a country. …”
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Game-based resource allocation in heterogeneous downlink CR-NOMA network without subchannel sharing by Deepa Das, Rajendra Kumar Khadanga, Deepak Kumar Rout, Md. Minarul Islam, Taha Selim Ustun

“…We frame this joint optimization of SU cluster formation and power allocation as a cooperative multi-armed bandit game. …”
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Progression in the Gastric Precancerous Process in a Population from a Developing Country Who Underwent a Gastroscopy for Dyspeptic Symptoms by Susan Thapa, Lori A. Fischbach, Robert Delongchamp, Mohammed F. Faramawi, Mohammed S. Orloff

“…Using the training set, we used the random forest method to rank potential predictors based on their predictive importance. …”
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A CME Automatic Detection Method Based on Adaptive Background Learning Technology by Zhenping Qiang, Xianyong Bai, Qinghui Zhang, Hong Lin

“…The core of the method is based on adaptive background learning, where CMEs are assumed to be a foreground moving object outward as observed in running-difference time series. …”
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Application of the AHP and PROMETHEE II individual decision-making methods and the Condorcet group decision-making method in the Selection of a multipurpose armored wheeled combat... by Miša D. Živković, Darko I. Božanić, Milija M. Suknović, Boris V. Delibašić

“…The paper presents the case of solving the problem of selecting the most suitable multi-purpose medium-class wheeled armored vehicle with a 4x4 drive formula when choosing one of the four alternatives, using individual and group multi-criteria decision-making methods. …”
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Redesigning error control in cross-linking mass spectrometry enables more robust and sensitive protein-protein interaction studies by Boris Bogdanow, Max Ruwolt, Julia Ruta, Lars Mühlberg, Cong Wang, Wen-feng Zeng, Arne Elofsson, Fan Liu

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Contextualising the findings - the Orkney social pedagogy evaluation by Evelyn Vrouwenfelder

“…CELCIS, formerly SIRCC, has funded a series of ThemPra social pedagogy courses for residential childcare staff across Scotland. …”

On the Null Space Property of lq-Minimization for 0<q≤1 in Compressed Sensing by Yi Gao, Jigen Peng, Shigang Yue, Yuan Zhao

“…Several versions of the null space property, that is, the lq stable NSP, the lq robust NSP, and the lq,p robust NSP for 0<p≤q<1 based on the standard lq NSP, are proposed, and their equivalent forms are derived. Consequently, reconstruction results for the lq-minimization can be derived easily under the NSP condition and its equivalent form. …”
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On Stability of Multi-Valued Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers by Haiyan Wang, Qiuzhen Lin, Jianyong Chen, Jianqiang Li, Jianghua Zhong, Dongdai Lin, Jia Wang, Lijia Ma

“…Based on its logic network representation, some sufficient and necessary conditions are provided for globally (locally) stable multi-valued NFSRs, explicit forms are given for the set of basins, and the algorithm for obtaining the set of basins is provided as well. …”
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Noninvasive Technique to Monitor the Pressure under a Cast: A Mobile Application-Friendly Bluetooth Pressure Sensor by Mahir Mahirogullari, Serkan Surucu, Mehmet Halis Cerci, Mahmud Aydin, Abdulkadir Kayikli, Oguzhan Gunduz

“…In this experimental study, an infant sphygmomanometer cuff was initially placed on the forearm of 10 volunteers. A pressure sensor with a Bluetooth chip was then placed on the volar aspect of the forearm. …”
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Oscillation Theorems for Second-Order Damped Nonlinear Differential Equations by Hui-Zeng Qin, Yongsheng Ren

“…We present new oscillation criteria for the differential equation of the form [𝑟(𝑡)𝑈(𝑡)]+𝑝(𝑡)𝑘2(𝑥(𝑡),𝑥(𝑡))|𝑥(𝑡)|𝜈𝑈(𝑡)+𝑞(𝑡)𝜙(𝑥(𝑔1(𝑡)),𝑥(𝑔2(𝑡)))𝑓(𝑥(𝑡))=0, where 𝑈(𝑡)=𝑘1(𝑥(𝑡),𝑥(𝑡))|𝑥(𝑡)|𝛼−1𝑥(𝑡), 𝛼≤𝛽,𝜈=(𝛽−𝛼)/(𝛼+1). …”
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Identifying research priorities in cardiac surgery: a report from the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in adult heart surgery by Tracy Kumar, Florence Y Lai, Riccardo G Abbasciano, Bethany Tabberer, Gavin J Murphy

“…The top voted questions were taken forward for final ranking in a workshop.Results In the initial survey, 629 respondents (28% patients/carers, 62% healthcare professionals) submitted 1082 potential questions. …”
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Collaboration multiprofessionnelle dans un contexte d’enseignement spécialisé : activité déployée pour la conception, la mise en œuvre et la régulation d’un projet d’élève... by Roland Emery, Greta Pelgrims

“…In articulation, formal team meetings are devoted to exchange information collected in the informal interactions in order to decide and formalize the IEP. …”
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Pounding Dynamic Responses of Sliding Base-Isolated Rectangular Liquid-Storage Structure considering Soil-Structure Interactions by Xuansheng Cheng, Wei Jing, Jia Chen, Xiaoyan Zhang

“…Liquid sloshing height is less affected by coefficient of friction, but structural acceleration and impact force decrease as friction coefficient increases in general.…”
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Saillance et cécité : parcours haptique sur le Mont Gins by Marie-Dominique Garnier

“…Salience, revisited through Keller’s apprehension of mountains as vaporous and mobile masses, leads to tentativeness in writing and to what I here call “failience” in discourse: the failure to stabilise discursive referents, the unsettling reversibility of syntactic lines based, for example, on the swivel-point of an “-ing” form. At work in Gins’s writing is the invention of a cathectic, tactile grasp of the world through langage. …”
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A Decoupled Spherical Parallel Mechanism with Sphere Workspace and Its Characteristic by Li Xiang, Li Weimin, Feng Shaohui, Zhang Jianjun, Yu Shanshan

“…Secondly,the inverse and forward position for the mechanism is derived with the closed vector method. …”
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Embodied aesthetics and populist appeal of communist portraits in contemporary Kerala by Anagha Anil

“…Abstract In contrast to their career in the rest of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)] continue to thrive as a highly successful electoral and cultural force in Kerala. Popularly known as the ‘Party’, an important aspect of CPI(M) has been its populist streak even though its official discourse is one that strongly adheres to rule-based reasoning by prioritizing ideological principles in its policies and decisions. …”
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The influence of workload on muscle fatigue, tissue properties, and postural stability in older and younger workers. by Julien Ducas, Janny Mathieu, Michael Drouin, Stéphane Sobczak, Jacques Abboud, Martin Descarreaux

“…Despite age-related effects on maximal force production and postural stability, incorporating weight as a covariate revealed that these differences were partially explained by the weight discrepancy between older and younger workers. …”
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Effect of Silicon Addition on High-Temperature Solid Particle Erosion-Wear Behaviour of Mullite-SiC Composite Refractories Prepared by Nitriding Reactive by Xiaochao Li, Shusen Chen, Zhaohui Huang, Minghao Fang, Yan’gai Liu, Xiaowen Wu, Juntong Huang, Baolin Liu

“…The test results reveal that Si powders caused nitriding reaction to form β-sialon whiskers in the matrix of mullite-SiC composite refractories. …”
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